Parfum de la dame en noir, Le (2005)

Director:

Bruno Podalydès

Writers:

Gaston Leroux (novel)
Bruno Podalydès (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 September 2005 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Denis Podalydès	...	Joseph Rouletabille
Sabine Azéma	...	Mathilde Stangerson
Zabou Breitman	...	Edith Rance
Olivier Gourmet	...	Robert Darzac
Jean-Noël Brouté	...	Sainclair
Pierre Arditi	...	Frédéric Larsan / Naja-Bey
Vincent Elbaz	...	Prince Galitch
Michael Lonsdale	...	Le professeur Stangerson
Julos Beaucarne	...	Le père Jacques / Vieux Bob
Isabelle Candelier	...	Mme Bernier
Dominique Parent	...	M. Bernier
Bruno Podalydès	...	Arthur Rance
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Le curé
Roger Roka	...	Rikki Matoni
Vincent Vedo Velli	...	Brignolles (as Vincent Vedovelli)
Sylvain Solustri	...	Tullio
Jean Podalydès	...	Rouletabille enfant
Patrick Ligardes	...	Le spectateur
Françoise Gillard	...	Une infirmière / Une fée
Célyne Tolosa	...	Une infirmière / Une fée (as Céline Tolosa)
Aude Chrétien	...	Une infirmière / Une fée
Claude Rich	...	Le juge de Marquet
Scali Delpeyrat	...	Le greffier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stéphane Batut	...	Le pompier
Ange Ruzé	...	Le jeune vieux

Directed by
Bruno Podalydès

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gaston Leroux		novel
Bruno Podalydès		screenplay

Produced by
Martine Cassinelli	....	executive producer
Pascal Caucheteux	....	producer
Grégoire Sorlat	....	producer

Original Music by
Philippe Sarde

Cinematography by
Christophe Beaucarne

Film Editing by
Hervé de Luze
Elise Fievet
Bruno Podalydès

Production Design by
Laurent Dupire-Clément

Art Direction by
Laurent Dupire-Clément		(as Riton Dupire-Clément)

Set Decoration by
Olivia Bloch-Lainé

Costume Design by
Dorothée Guiraud

Makeup Department
Delphine Jaffart	....	key makeup artist
Richard Luzy	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Albert Blasius	....	unit production manager
Guillaume Favreau	....	production manager
Laurencina Lam	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julie Gouet	....	second second assistant director
Sylvie Peyre	....	first assistant director
Carole Reinhard	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Thierry Rouxel	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Philippe Amouroux	....	sound re-recording mixer
Julien Bourdeau	....	dialogue editor
Edouard d'Heucqueville	....	sound mix technician
Jean Dubreuil	....	sound editor
Vincent Hedon	....	sound assistant
Cyril Holtz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Laurent Poirier	....	sound
Pierre Tucat	....	boom operator
Jean-Noël Yven	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Cédric Fayolle	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge	....	Flame artist: Mac Guff Ligne, Paris
Bertrand Levallois	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Alain Barbier	....	stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunts
Alain Gaudiard	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Emmanuel Lanzi	....	stunts
Gregory Loffredo	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Anut	....	grip
Eric Bialas	....	steadicam operator
Eric Bornes	....	assistant camera
Anne-Françoise Brillot	....	still photographer
Emmanuel de Fleury	....	assistant camera
Nabil Dridi	....	electrician
Franck Fiquet	....	electrician
Eric Gies	....	electrician
Jean-Pierre Lacroix	....	gaffer
Luc Pallet	....	focus puller
Laurent Passera	....	grip
Yannick Ressigeac	....	second assistant camera
Stéphane Thiry	....	grip
Jean-Pierre Voisin	....	electrician

Editorial Department
Benjamin Weill	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Maureen Meyer	....	script supervisor
Thierry Valletoux	....	reportage

Thanks
Nathalie Bloch-Lainé	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Why Not Productions
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• TPS Cinéma (participation)
• TPS Star (participation)
• Région Provence Côte d'Azur (participation)
• Cofimage 16 (participation)
• Soficinéma (participation)

Distributors

• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (France)

Also Known As:

The Perfume of the Lady in Black (Australia) (TV title)

Runtime:

France:115 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva)

Company:

Why Not Productions

Movie Connections:

Version of Parfum de la dame en noir, Le (1949)

the scent of disillusionment

maybe I expected too much from the adorable Mystère De la Chambre Jaune sequel. The dull titles unlike the rejoicing Caro&Jeunet titles of the Rouletabille saga first episode foreshadow the major flaw of the picture: an overall disenchantment spreading to the screenplay and the actors. Gaston Leroux novels whose story lines are typically slowly-told and far-fetched must be hard to adapt yet they matched director Bruno Podalydès universe so far. However the blatantly clumsy dialogs create an uneasiness between the actors who miscommunicate with one another. And that's a sheer pity for the undreamed-of cast gathers not only the jolly almost-Pierre-Brasseur-like Bruno Podalydès and his skinnier and witty younger brother Denis but also a myriad of picturesque parts that goes from Claude Rich cameo to the imposing Oliver Gourmet performance. Indeed the breath-taking location shots invite the spectator to a stay in the wild and craggy island of Port Cros. Nevertheless I couldn't merge in the picture at all just like the touching, melancholic and mysterious Stangerson Professor embodied by the faultless Michael Lonsdale who sits on a chair facing the azure sea a palette in his hand wondering what he's longing to paint.